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Show ! AMUSEMENTS j, HALT LAKE- -Opening of. season, September 8, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell In "Pygmalion." ORPHtX'M Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. PAVTAiJES Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. UTA1H The L'tah Players open tn season with "The Misleading Laxly" September 13. EMPRESS The l-Jmpieu.s Stock company opens in "Within the I -aw" week beginning Sunday night, .September 12. BCBHEJS7 William S. Hart in "A Knight of the Trails." AM KRJCJAN Sam Bernard in "Poor Sc h m a ttz. ' ' B iograp h players 1 n ' "Ashen of Inspiration." and Pathe News- American Concert orx-hes-ti a. Professor J. J. McCleJlan, director. di-rector. , LIBERTY Louise Glaum, Herschcll M avail and other stars In "The Toast of Death." Charlie Chaplin In hlfl newest comedy, "The Bank." HEX Mur-Jock MacQuarrie in "Tarn O Shanter," and a varied programme pro-gramme of selected Universal photoplays. photo-plays. joo Cook at the Orphcum Can Stage the Entire Show by Himself. Him-self. TOE COOK, the humorist the one-man J vaudeville show at the Orpheum this week, is indeed a w hole show in himself. He can do all the tricks of the average magician, can juggle, can do heavy dramatic dra-matic parta, can play the violin and that prince, or queen, of Hawaiian instruments instru-ments ; can walk a tight wire, can get laughs like the comedian which, of course, he la, and do everything else almost as good as those who make a practice of that one kind of act. However, Cook Is a burlesquer. Ho makes f un of all the others and does a very clever parody on their work. A few weeks ago, however. Cook was given the opportunity to actually do the entire show himself. He was Laying oft in a "watch us grow" town in southern California in which Cook Invested in property five years ago, and was enjoying the fishing, the hotel and the surfy smell-The smell-The local theater manager sought him out. "The train is late," gasped the manager. "My four acts won't arrive in time to do their show. Can you till fn for me?" The local manager didn't realize real-ize that he was talking to a Sylvester Schaffer, a jack -of-all-trades. Ho thought that Cook was just an ordinary actor who could prolong his regular act and "stall" until the usual time was consumed. con-sumed. "Certainly," returned Cook, "I'll do four acts for you. I'll stage my dramatic success, I'll juggle, I'll do some magic work. T'll sing and dance; and if that don't satisfy them I'll play on several musical instruments." The manager thought Cook was "kidding." "kid-ding." and wouldn't be convinced until after he had seen the whole show Just as Cook had promised. This is Cook's last day at the Orpheum. also Nazlmova's and the rest of the great show that will "vamoose" after tonight's performance. "Poor Schmaltz" Is Comedy Feature That Produces Much Laughter at American Theater. pOOR Schmaltz," a four-act Para- mount photoplay, kept large audiences audi-ences laughing more than an hour at every performance yesterday at the American, where the same decidedly funny feature photoplay is to be the chief attraction today. In "Poor Schmaltz." Sam Bernard, who has been called Americas foremost character comedian, co-median, takes the leading role. The story' in Itself is funny enough, but with Bernard and the splendid company com-pany of Paramount players that has been provided it becomes really a "scream." American patrons also found enjoyable, on the same programme, a splendid two-act two-act Btograph drama and a Pathe ednca- nection with numerous enterLainments of the Elks' lodge, and when she made her professional debut, preliminary to a tour over the Pantages circuit, the members turned out en masse to sec her performance. perform-ance. Mrs. Austin, whose previous theatrical thea-trical experience was with the "Isle of Spice" company, in which she created the original role of Peggy Brady, has a series of popular song numbers In the present act. During the present week she and her partner have never failed to answer repeated encores and last night stopped the show. Tb rot lowing thter notices ir mirkvd ' 'IvertlBemerit" to comply with a strict Interpretation In-terpretation of the federal oewspaper law. Is no aenne are they paid adTertlsementa, beliii items furnished by the press agents of the various theaters. SALT LAKE The special engagement of Mrs. Patrick Campbell at the Salt Lake theater, which opens next Monday, September 6, promises to be exceptionally successful. The demand for seats at the box office has been very large. At the Tuesdav and Wednesday matinees a special spe-cial scale of prices, ranging from 25 cents to $1.50, prevails. EMPRESS" Within the Law" opened at the Eltinge theater. New York City, with little known of it In that exacting metropolis save that it was a melodrama melo-drama by an unknown author. Two years later it still was running in that same theater to crowded houses and the play was known the world over. It will be presented for one week beginning Sunday. September 12, by the Empress Stock company at the Empress theater. ORPHEUM Tomorrow Gus Edwards and his huge company, with their Song Revue of 1915. will hold the boards at the Orpheum. So this is the last day of Xazimova In "War Brides," and the vest of the mighty good show the Orpheum has been holding out to the Salt Lakers all this -week. If you do not go to see Nazimova this afternoon or evening, you won't get to see her until she returns with her 52 show, and it is doubtful if she will come this wav for several seasons. AMERICAN If ever audiences "doubled "dou-bled up" with laughter, those at the American did yesterday when Sam Bernard Ber-nard made his first screen appearance in the excruciatingly funny four-part Paramount Para-mount production. "Poor Schmaltz." The picture is funny from beginning to end and the adventures of Schmaltz, as portrayed por-trayed by the inimitable Bernard, cause no end of merriment. The programme Innli.oe alan tho tn-n.i-cinl Plntrranli tlonal picture. In Picturesque Java. The usual hieh standard was maintained by the American Concert orchestra under un-der direction of Professor J. J. Mc-Clellan. Mc-Clellan. Winifred Burke Returns to Speaking Stage After a Brief Innovation in "Movie" Work. WINIFRED BURKE, second woman with the Utah players, took a vacation va-cation from the legitimate stage and went .Into the "movies." She enjoyed her new experience, but found no charm in it equal to playing directly to the people, peo-ple, "speaking right to them," as she put it, "and getting the Inspiring effect of sympathetic attention." Consequently she returned to the stage, where she had already made an enviable record, first with the Princess stock company of Chicago Chi-cago and later in the part of Luck in Max Hart's "Everybody" and the title role In Robert HUllard's production of "The Vampire." Miss Burke will be seen with the other l'tah players under thp personal direction of Maude May Rabcook, In Goddard and Dickey's noted comedy. "The Misleading Lady." the opening bill of the season at the "Utah theater, commencing September Septem-ber 13. Elks Turn Out to Greet Mrs. "Peggy"' Austin at the Pantages, SMALL army of members of the lo-eal lo-eal lodge of Elks arrived at the Pantages theater last night and took possession pos-session of the lower floor. The occasion was a tribute to Mrs. R. M. ("Peggy") Austin, who, with Mrs. Alice Gillett of Denver, is presenting one of the feature numbers on the bill at that house this week. Mrs. Austin has appeared locally In con- drama, "Ashes of Inspiration," and the fascinating and beautiful Pathe scenic, "In Picturesque Java." REX Murdock MacQuarrle, one of the most admired of all film stars, takes the leading role In "Tarn O'Shanter," which, as its name implies, is a thoroughly thor-oughly Scotch picture. "Tarn O'Sha titer" ti-ter" Is the feature of a more than ordinarily or-dinarily fine bill today, only, at the Rex theater and, to accompany it, this popular pop-ular State street theater has a specially varied programme of quality photoplays on the Universal rogramme. LIBERTY Louise Glaum. Herschell May all and Harry G. Keenan in the thrilling, gripping, four-act Mutual Mas-' terpicture. "The Toast of Death." Staged among scenes of Oriental magnificence, this photoplay is altogether out of the ordinary and one that holds the interest of the spectator from beginning to end. On the same programme the Liberty shows Charlie Chaplin In his most recent re-cent two-part comedy success, "The Bank." and Pathe news of the world a nd war. PANTAGES The comedy classic, "The Green Venus," is stirring up a genuine sensation among theatergoers of this city, and the Pantages theater is fortunate fortu-nate indeed in having secured this splendid splen-did feature act as headtlner for the bill that Is now playing at that house. Five other splendid acts, with new Marvel moving pictures and Eddie Fitzpa trick's orchestra, complete one of the best Mils that has ever been seen at the local Pantages theater. 4c MEHESY William S. Hart, the screen favorite, plays lead ill "The Knight of the Trails," a two-reel feature with a strong appeal and originality, at the Me-hesy Me-hesy today. Other pictures depict the Majestic child actors in "Little Cupids," with Fran cl Mia Billington. the heiress in 'The Kinship of Courage," another two-reel two-reel feature of excellence, ending with a splendid comedy entitled "Mixed Wires." by the Flying "A" Brand company. |